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HomeNewsLocal News Mosquito-fogging started Monday night, scheduled to continue next two nights

Mosquito-fogging started Monday night, scheduled to continue next two nights

By Baker City Herald July 29, 2014 02:25 pm

Workers from the Baker Valley Vector Control District sprayed a mosquito-killing fog in parts of Baker City Monday night, and district manager Matt Hutchinson said the plan is to cover the rest of the city tonight and Wednesday night.

On Monday night the district's two fogging trucks covered areas north of Campbell Street and east of 10th Street, Hutchinson said.

Tonight the crew hope to cover areas east of the railroad tracks and south of Campbell to about the railroad tracks, and to fog the rest of town Wednesday night.

Hutchinson said the fogging trucks won't start rolling until after 9 p.m.

With thunderstorms in the area, Hutchinson said a light rain wouldn't cause a problem but heavy rain, and wind, could force crews to postpone their work.

Mosquitoes aren't as active when the ground is very wet or when the wind is strong.

"We want to get out when the mosquitoes are most active," Hutchinson said.

He said residents needn't take any special precautions, although he said fogging trucks usually stop spraying while passing homes with obviously open windows.

They also cease fogging when they drive past pedestrians.

Hutchinson said the pesticide the district uses, called permethrin, is approved for mosquito control by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.